Xichang Launch Tracker
As of 23 October 2026, 6 of the 249 orbital launch attempts in 2026 lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, 2% of the world's launches, after 19 in 2025 and 19 in 2024, and 242 since the first in 1984. The latest launches from Xichang and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Latest mission
Communications
Long March 3B/E
Jul 23, 2026
A Long March 3B/E lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center carrying Tianlian-2-06, a new data-relay satellite that expands communications coverage for China's Tiangong space station and its visiting Shenzhou and Tianzhou vehicles. The rocket was struck by lightning roughly 30 seconds after liftoff but still delivered the satellite to geostationary transfer orbit.
Next mission
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No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
15 t
vs 61 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.7 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every Xichang launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No Xichang launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
Xichang in 2026
Orbital launches from Xichang per month, 2026 so far
- 1Jan
- 0Feb
- 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 1May
- 1Jun
- 1Jul
- 0Aug
- 0Sep
- 0Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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| Month | Xichang |
|---|---|
| January | 1 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 1 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 1 |
| August | 0 |
| September | 0 |
| October | 0 |
The record
- Share in 2026
- 2%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 6
- of 249 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 6%
- 19 launches
- All time
- 242
- since 1984
Orbital launches from Xichang per year, 1984 to today
2026 so far, as of 23 October 2026.
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 2 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 19 |
| 2026 | 6 |
Rockets flown from Xichang in 2026
Pads
| Pad | In 2026 | All time | Last used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | 3 | 126 | 2026 |
| Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) | 3 | 108 | 2026 |
| Mobile Launcher Pad | 0 | 8 | 2025 |
Every year
| Year | Xichang | World | Xichang share | Payload to orbit | Share of payload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 6 | 249 | 2% | 15 t | 1% |
| 2025 | 19 | 329 | 6% | 81 t | 3% |
| 2024 | 19 | 263 | 7% | 46 t | 2% |
| 2023 | 15 | 223 | 7% | 36 t | 2% |
| 2022 | 16 | 186 | 9% | 33 t | 3% |
| 2021 | 16 | 146 | 11% | 61 t | 7% |
| 2020 | 13 | 114 | 11% | 36 t | 6% |
| 2019 | 13 | 102 | 13% | 44 t | 10% |
| 2018 | 17 | 114 | 15% | 38 t | 9% |
| 2017 | 8 | 90 | 9% | 26 t | 6% |
| 2016 | 7 | 85 | 8% | 25 t | 7% |
| 2015 | 9 | 87 | 10% | 33 t | 9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 92 | 2% | 4 t | 1% |
| 2013 | 3 | 81 | 4% | 14 t | 4% |
| 2012 | 9 | 78 | 12% | 33 t | 9% |
| 2011 | 9 | 84 | 11% | 35 t | 8% |
| 2010 | 8 | 74 | 11% | 24 t | 6% |
| 2009 | 2 | 78 | 3% | 7 t | 2% |
| 2008 | 4 | 69 | 6% | 13 t | 3% |
| 2007 | 6 | 68 | 9% | 19 t | 6% |
| 2006 | 3 | 66 | 5% | 9 t | 3% |
| 2005 | 1 | 56 | 2% | 5 t | 2% |
| 2004 | 3 | 54 | 6% | 2 t | 1% |
| 2003 | 3 | 63 | 5% | 5 t | 3% |
| 2002 | 0 | 65 | 0% | – | |
| 2001 | 0 | 59 | 0% | – | |
| 2000 | 4 | 85 | 5% | 8 t | 2% |
| 1999 | 0 | 78 | 0% | – | |
| 1998 | 2 | 82 | 2% | 6 t | 2% |
| 1997 | 4 | 89 | 4% | 11 t | 3% |
| 1996 | 3 | 77 | 4% | 3 t | 1% |
| 1995 | 3 | 80 | 4% | 19 t | 5% |
| 1994 | 4 | 93 | 4% | 13 t | 4% |
| 1993 | 0 | 83 | 0% | – | |
| 1992 | 2 | 97 | 2% | 7 t | 2% |
| 1991 | 1 | 91 | 1% | 1 t | <1% |
| 1990 | 3 | 121 | 2% | 5 t | 1% |
| 1989 | 0 | 102 | 0% | – | |
| 1988 | 2 | 121 | 2% | 2 t | <1% |
| 1987 | 0 | 114 | 0% | – | |
| 1986 | 1 | 110 | 1% | 920 kg | <1% |
| 1985 | 0 | 125 | 0% | – | |
| 1984 | 2 | 129 | 2% | 2 t | <1% |